Steller’s Sea-Eagle / Haliaeetus pelagicus
Steller's Sea-Eagle
SCI Name:
Protonym: Aquila pelagica Zoogr.Rosso-Asiat. 1 p.343 pl.
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Haliaeetus
Taxonomy Code: stseag
Type Locality: Islands between Kamchatka and America.
Author: Pallas
Publish Year: 1811
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
HALIAEETUS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ White-tailed Eagle H. albicilla) L. haliaetus or haliaetos sea-eagle, osprey < Gr. ἁλιαιετος haliaietos sea-eagle, osprey < ἁλι- hali- sea- < ἁλς hals, ἁλος halos sea; αετος aetos eagle; "6. HALIÆETUS. Bec assez droit à la base; cire convexe; narines lunulées, transverses; tarses épais, écailleux: ongles intérieur et postérieur grands. ... GENRE VI, HALIÆETUS. ... ESPÈCE. 9. HALIÆETUS Nisus. L'Aigle de mer." (de Savigny 1809): based on Aλιαιετος, Nisus, and Haliæetos of ancient authors, "Pygargus" and "Albicilla" of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, and Vultur Albicilla Linnaeus, 1766; "Haliæetus Savigny, Descr. Égypte, Ois., 1809, p. 68, 85. Type, by monotypy, Haliæetus nisus Savigny = Falco albicilla Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 257).
Var. Haliaeatus, Haliaetos, Haliaetus, Haliacetus, Halaeetus, Halioetus, Halyaetus, Heliaeetus.
Synon. Blagrus, Cuncuma, Ossifraga, Pontoaetus, Thalasoaetus.
pelagica / pelagicus
L. pelagicus marine, pelagic < Gr. πελαγικος pelagikos of the sea < πελαγος pelagos sea.
● "21. AQUILA pelagica. ... Aquila marina Steller. MS. ... Billings, navarcho qui Oceanum inter Camtschatcam et Americam ultimo exploravit, mihi relatum. Frequens est maxima haec avis in Insulis inter Camtschatcam et Continentem Americes, praesertim in infami naufragio et morte Beringii insula" (Pallas 1811) (Haliaeetus).
● "64. PROCELLARIA. ... pelagica. 1. P. nigra, uropygio albo. Fn. svec. 249. Act. Stockh. 1745. p. 93. t. . . Peteril. Clus. exot. 368. Damp. itin. 3. p. 97. Alb. av. 3. p. 87. t. 92. Edw. av. 90. t. 90. f. 1. Hirundo marina major apus, rostro adunco. Barr. æquin. 134. Larus minimus, naribus tubulosis. Catesb. carol. 3. p. 14. t. 14. Fregata marina apus subtus alba, superne nigra. Barr. av. 73. Habitat in albo Oceano." (Linnaeus 1758) (Hydrobates).
● "366. PHALACROCORAX pelagicus. ... Corvus aquaticus, Morskoi Uril Stell. obs. MS. Latham. ... Cum praecedente maris Camtschatici orientalis et Americanarum insularum incola, praesertim scopulos a continente longius remotos frequentans ubi et hybernant." (Pallas 1811) (Phalacrororax).
● L. Pelasgica Pelasgian, after the Pelasgi, one of the nomadic tribes of ancient Greece (cf. Attic names used for swifts and swallows); "101. HIRUNDO. ... pelagica. 7. H. rectricibus æqualibus apice subulatis, nudis. Hirundo, cauda aculeata, americana. Catesb. car. 3. p. 8. t. 8. Habitat in America." (Linnaeus 1758) (Chaetura).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)